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Show brothers, Roy F. and Fred Cottrell, and sister, Delia, she attended elementary school here and was graduated from the 8th grade in the old school upon which ground the current LDS Church stands. She and Joe C. Smith, local banker, were the last remaining members of that graduating class. For a brief time she attended school at the Methodist Academy in Beaver, Utah, and was a classmate of former Senator Abe Murdock before the construction con-struction of the Murdock Academy. She attended the Methodist Academy in Price, Utah, briefly but was unable to finish because of illness and eventual death of a young brother, Duane. Myrtle was an accomplished ac-complished musician and played both the organ and piano and gave piano instruction for many years. Mr. Clint Bond was one of her students in the "Beaver Bottoms" area, at Reed, Utah. Mrs. Tribole was the last remaining charter member of the Milford Methodist Church begun in 1906. The mission church was organized in R. R. Company House 13 where she lived with her parents until her marriage on June 1, 1914 to Joseph Franklin Tribole. At age 13 she was the organist for the Methodist Mission in this small railroad rail-road community and for 68 years she remained in the same position as pianist -organist. During these 68 years of unbroken service, she played for hundreds of weddings and funerals and literally thousands of church services. Rarely was she not in her position at the organ on Sunday morning, sharing her musical talents and abilities with all who were in attendance. In this entire length of time she never received even as much as a penny for her services. She felt that her service was God -given and it was returned to her God, in whom she had an unquestionable faith. She was actively engaged as the organist as late as 1974, at which time her health began to fail. Her entire life, as is true with many other Milford residents, has been centered around railroading. Every member of .'her family has been an employee of the UPRR at one time or another. The sole surving member of the Cottrell family, Dr. Fred Cottrell, professor emeritus at Miama University Oxford, Ohio, worked for the railroad rail-road in his earlier years as well. Her son, Bill Tribole, Bountiful, Utah, is currently working as conductor between Salt Lake City and Milford. Active in her early years of Milford during WorldWar II in Red Cross and similar organizations, she lent a hand where needed always; P.T.A., school activities, High School Band Mothers Club, School Lunch programs, pro-grams, she donated her services too generously. Following World War n she became active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and was a member at the time of her death. A long-time member of Ruth Chapter of Order of Eastern Star 6, she assumed the musician's role. She was a OBITUARY Agnes H. Whornham Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 26, 1976, in the Beaver 2nd LDS Ward Chapel for Agnes Allison Hurst Whornham, 72, Beaver, Beav-er, who died Jan. 23 in the Beaver hospital of a stroke. Mrs. Whornham was born December 31, 1903, Beaver, to William Rankin and Martha Ann Miller Hurst. She married Presley Miles Whornham, July 16, 1925 in Beaver; he died Feb. 10, 1970. She was a member of the LDS Church, Business and Professional Women, DUP, Camp Belknap, Charter member American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 32; service ser-vice representative, American Ameri-can Red Cross. Survivors: son, daughters, Frank Hurst, Apple Valley, Calif.; Elinor Jeanne Whornham, Whorn-ham, Mrs. Patricia W. Prisk, both Salt Lake City; brothers, sisters, Dr. Frank Hurst, Washington, D. C; George Dewey Hurst, Pacific Grove, Calif.; Howard M. Hurst, Fruit Heights, Davis County; Alice H. Garvey, Washington, D.C.; Beatrice Hurst, Beaver; Beav-er; Martha Louise Hurst, Salt Lake City. Burial was in the Mountain View Cemetery under direction direc-tion of Metcalf Southern Utah Mortuary. |